Cable securing means



March 22, 1932. H. A. ROE

CABLE SECURING MEANS Filed July 23,

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My invention 'relates to" improvements in figures illustrate a double wedge socket struccablesecuring devices for securi-ng'feither the ture'const-ituting a'dsirable embodiment of twoendsof a looped cable, as for example, my invention particularly where need es an *forrning'a' s1ing, oran end of reach ,of-two 'elementof the anchor for a guy cable as 'for T cablesj [a 1 ';eXainple;in derriclrconstruction.= l V l Qne-cfmy objects is to provide a'st'ruc- "-tTh e} double wedge ocket structure illus- ""ture of'the general cliaracterfabove referred "trated comprises a member8' which maybe to which shall be of'strong, durablef and and preferably is an integral castingpresent-f economical construction, and which willavoid ing', abodyportionfl) and spacedapart ears thenecessity of fastening thec'able atanend 10;a't one end thereof. Thebody portiorill 'free of the securingineans, byzother'ineans Jcontains, 'a't oppositesidesof its median line, "such as cable clips orclampsp t 'za-pai'rof openings-11 extending therethroug'h I AIiOtllQT' object is to provide "such astruc- ;anpl. forming"sockets-these openings being ture adapted for the r'eady and convenient separated by a web'portion 1-2 of "the bo'dy 1 connection therewithof-theends of'a cable -9*formin*g' one side jof'each socket theop-"W 1 or ends of cables tob e attachedthereto and po'site side of each of which andrepresented the ready and convenient disconnectingthere- "at '13inclinfes toward the median line 'o'fthe v from of the cable ends and without danger body 9 as 'shown ih-FigJlthereby causing I of impairing the structure or diminishing its these s ckets'itob of tapered form. efiect-ivenessbecauseof unskilled application. The ears '10 support a pin '14 on which 'a .Another ob ect is to provide a new and fthimble sheave- 15 positioned "between ithe i improvedmeans for anchoring guy cables and "e'arslQi s jo'urnall'ed. Q r p the like and comprisingv cable slings and by 5 The sockets 13"are provided to receiveca r the use of which cable clamps, or clips, for ble' 'ends 'which "may 'be either the ends "of a the slings, with the objections attended in single cableior ends of separate cables, these their use, is avoided; and other objects as cable endsbeingbent'into the form ofloops V will be manifest from the following descrip- ='16fat"which"they extend in the sockets 11.

' tion. V r I Th-e'cableends are "securely anchored inthe Referringto'the accompanying drawings: *socketsiby wedgingmeans positionedwithin Figure 1 is a side view of the plural 'the-loops 16, ithese"jwedgingmeans being socketed member of one form of my improved preferably inthe form of wedges 17 as for r means. p 1 example of 'castysteel and of sufch' size and Figure 2 is an end View thereof. Y 7 shape, as shown, that, when force is exerted. Figure 3 is an edge view thereof. tending to pull the cable ends from the sock- 1 Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view vets11,-the' lo'oped'portions -16 ofthe cablein part of the structure of-thepreceding *endswill' be firmly wedged against'the-inner figures showing cable-ends secured in place "walls OftllBySOCkQtSffit being'preferred that therein. *thef edges of' the wedges '17' againstjwhich Figure 5 is a broken view in side elevation the-'cable l'o ps16 eXtend,- be grooved to con- 40 of a guy cable construction secured .in place "formingly fit the cable-ends which they op by means embodying my invention, the meinpose-as represented at18.- l 7 her, such as a deadman located in the ground IniFig. 5'Ihave shown'thestructure' of and to which the guy cable structure is an- Figs. 1-4 as constituting an element of the chored, and also the ground at which the -anchor for a'guycable. In thisarrangement deadman is located, being shown in section. the guy cable is represented at 191 and eX- V Figure 6 is a view in side elevation of a it'ends about -the-'pulley"15,the loose end 20 modified form of the plural socketed inenr of meg-11y. cable being connected with the beraand v 'adjac ent -portion of the latter as by cable Figure 7 an edge View thereof. {clamps represented at 21. i 1 w is a part of the anchor means for the cable 19 and is connected at its socket portion, and by means of the wedges 17 as above described, with the ends of a single cable 22 bent to form a sling cable engaging an anchor shown as in the form of a deadman 23 extending through the lower loop of the sling cable 22 and located in a cut 24: in the earth intersected by a cut 25 extending transversely of the cut 24 between the ends of the latter and in which the sling cable 22 extends, the wall of the cut 24 at opposite sides of the cut 25 forming abutments for the end of the deadman 23.

It will be understood from the foregoing that the cable ends may be readily secured to the socket structure 8 without requiring the use ofany special tools, and by unskilled labor and disconnected with ease from the socket structure 8 as desired either for the purpose of permanent disassembly or adjustment of the cable-ends therein, and repeated adjustments of the cable-ends inthe socket structure effected wvithout danger of damaging the cables, this being of particularvalue in connection with a derrick guy or the like which requires frequent removal of the sling cable from one anchor to another and where, because of the hazard to life and limb, it is desirable that such removal and I e-location, may not damage or impair thefastenings of the cables, it being apparent that either or both of the cable'ends may be quickly disconnected from the socket structure 8 by driving the socket member 8 from the wedges.

. Furthermore, the structure 8 may be manufactured economically andis rigid and durable.

My invention -is capable of use in other arrangements than that shown in Fig. 5 and of represented by the line 100 in Fig. 4, and that the portions of the cable 22 which are placed under tension, namely, those portions which reach to the deadman 23 in the construction shown, are, by reason of the'relatively thin wall 12 of the member 8, caused to extend substantially coincident with the axis 100. Thus I substantially avoid eccentric loading of the securing means comprising the member 8 with its portion for attachment to a tension element, exemplified in Figs. 1-5 by the sheave 15 and the element 19, and in Figs. 6 and? by the loop 10 and the tension element which in use would be attached thereto, in the event of unbalanced loading of the cable ends secured in the sockets of the plural socket member.

l/Vhile I have illustrated and described certain embodiments of my invention, I do not wish to be understood as intending to limit it thereto as the same may be variously modified and altered without departing from the spirit of my invention.

NVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In combination a guy cable, a sling cable for anchoring said guy cable, a member containing a plurality of tapering sockets into which the ends of the sling cable, in looped condition, extend, wedging means located within the looped portions of said cable-ends for wedging the latter against the side walls of said sockets, and a sheave journalled on said member and with which said guy cable is engaged.

HARRY A. ROE. f'

embodiment in other forms of structure. In certain structures the use of thefsheave 15 would be dispensed with and the pin 14 retained as a means of attaching the socket structure toother objects such as links, turnbuckles, thimbles, and the like, depending upon the particular arrangement in which the socket member is tobe used.

If desired, the socket structurev when provided for use not requiring a'sheave ournalled thereon may be castwith a loop at the end thereof corresponding with the end of the structure provided with the ears 10 in Figs. 1-5. In Figs. 6 and 7 such a structureis illustrated the socket member of which and corresponding with the socket member 8, is represented at 8 and is formed integrally with a looped portion 10 alfording a point of attachment of the socket member to other objects as above referred to.

It will be noted that in accordance with the preferred illustrated embodiment of my invention the sockets 12 are radially and sym metrically disposed relative to the axis of loading of the plural socket member 8 and 

